Anke Helfrich | |
|---|---|
 Anke Helfrich at Jazzfestival St. Ingbert in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | November 11, 1966 |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Labels | Enja |
Anke Helfrich (born 11 November 1966) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Helfrich grew up in Windhoek, Namibia and Weinheim, Germany where she received piano lessons. After a national success at Jugend jazzt in 1987 she studied in Freiburg and in 1989 attended the Amsterdamse Hoogeschool for the Arts. During this time she undertook a scholarship in New York with Kenny Barron and Larry Goldings.
In 1996 Helfrich formed a trio with John Weidenmüller and Jochen Rückert, releasing their first album You'll See in 2000 with guest Mark Turner. From 2002, she toured as a trio with Martin Gjakonovski and Dejan Terzic (jazz drummer).
From 1999 to 2004 Helfrich played in a quartet with Jürgen Seefelder.
Since 1999 she has lectured at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, and since 2011 at Dr Hochs Conservatory in Frankfurt.
In 2006 her CD Better Times Ahead was nominated for the German Record Critics' Quarterly Prize. In 2016 she received the ECHO Jazz in the category "National Instrumentalist of the Year - Piano/Keyboards". [1] In 2017 she was awarded the Hessian Jazz Prize. [2]
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE, was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.
Marilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote: "Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano... She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz." In addition to her own extensive work as a soloist or bandleader, Crispell is also known as a longtime member of saxophonist Anthony Braxton's quartet in the 1980s and '90s.
Mark Turner is an American jazz saxophonist.
Regina Carter is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter.
Bradford Alexander Mehldau is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Claire Martin, OBE is an English jazz singer.
Jeff Ballard is an American jazz drummer. He has played with Ray Charles and Pat Metheny and played periodically with Chick Corea in many groups such as Origin and the Chick Corea New Trio. He also played with many New York-based jazz musicians such as Reid Anderson, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Miguel Zenon and Eli Degibri. He has also played with the Joshua Redman Elastic Band.
Discography for jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton.
Aki Takase is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.
Martin Boykan was an American composer known for his chamber music as well as music for larger ensembles.
Yitzhak Yedid is an Israeli-Australian contemporary classical music composer and improvising pianist.
Sylvie Courvoisier is a composer, pianist and improviser.
Joe Fonda is an American jazz bassist.
Michael Wollny is a German jazz pianist and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. He has played with international musicians including Joachim Kühn, Tamar Halperin, Marius Neset, Andreas Schaerer, Émile Parisien and Vincent Peirani, and recorded award-winning albums. In his Michael Wollny Trio, he has played with percussionist Eric Schaefer and bassist Tim Lefebvre.
Mark Applebaum is an American composer and full professor of music composition and theory at Stanford University.
Peter Lehel is a German jazz saxophonist and composer.
Jorge "Jordi" Rossy is a jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
Florian Weber is a German pianist and composer of modern jazz.
Jochen Rückert, spelled on most releases as Jochen Rueckert is a German jazz drummer. He is a naturalized American citizen and has resided in New York City since 1997. The brother of pianist Thomas Rückert, he began to practice drums at the age of six. He can be heard on over 120 albums and worked or recorded with musicians and bands such as the Marc Copland Trio, Nils Wogram & Root 70, the Kurt Rosenwinkel new quartet, the Mark Turner Band, the Melissa Aldana trio, the Sam Yahel trio, John Abercrombie, Ignaz Dinné, Pat Metheny, Matt Penman, Kenny Werner, Till Brönner, Joachim Kühn, Bill McHenry, John McNeil, Anke Helfrich, Ron Carter, the NDR, WDR and Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos Big Bands, Seamus Blake, Guillermo Klein and Los Guachos as well as Madeleine Peyroux.
Julia Hülsmann is a German jazz pianist and composer. Her compositions are often based on literary works, especially poetry.
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anke Helfrich . |
